Archive | bellies & babies RSS feed for this section

Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron is a wonderful resource for new mommies (and older mommies as well)! Thanks to Jerilyn for recommending it to me!

I borrowed it conveniently from my local library and found it extremely useful. I do not necessarily agree that you have to start incorporating solids at 6 months (I prefer to wait as long as possible, giving them the full benefit of mommy’s milk), but this book provides very good ideas for gradually incorporating solids at whatever age. To tell you the truth, I was very overwhelmed when I started Karis on solids, and this book has been a lifesaver. The author comes from a healthy viewpoint (encouraging readers to feed babies organic food as much as possible), and gives tips for making cereals and all baby foods very nutritious by incorporating ground nuts/seeds, and other boosters.

This book will carry you from beginning solids to toddler-hood with an abundance of recipes, meal planning, cooking, storage, heating, and safety instructions. I think I am just going to have to buy it myself! I learned so much for increasing nutrition in our diet as well!

Northern Essence is a wonderful online store for all your natural body care needs, including facial, scrubs, soaps, baby products, pregnant mommy items, etc. Northern Essence is re-opening their doors today after a two month transition while moving. I have been anticipating this greatly as I am completely out of my products!

They make the best natural diaper rash salve I have tried! It is an excellent combination of fresh beeswax, calendula infused olive oil, avacado oil, emu oil, cocoa butter, shea butter, tea tree & lavender essential oils. I love the sweet smell that it provides for my girl’s little bum. She had been plagued since birth with repeated diaper rashes, and this creme has been the only one to solve that problem completely! Being a cloth diaper mommy, I was having to use disposables at night just to keep the rashes away. I tried many others cremes including desitin, meleda, nature’s gate, and vasaline. I love the texture of it too. No more sticky, hard to scrub off, white stuff. It is a clear and fragrant salve. Now I can’t give any guarantees, as every baby might be different, but this salve is well worth the try! Safe with cloth diapers as well. Plus one 2oz container ($4.95) lasted around 3 months for us. For more reviews click here.

By the way, if you are concerned about the lavender oil for your little guy, you can also purchase a version without this addition.

For my fellow cloth diapering mommy’s, I have also really enjoyed the diaper wipe solution. I have made my own in the past without much success. Karis’ little bum was always reacting to them. I tried this product out and was pleasantly surprised.